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AT&T is crowing about its mobile broadband network, as it’s pointing to independent studies which find its 3G network to be 20-60% faster than the nearest competitor. But will AT&T get left behind as Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon quickly move to 4G? The second-largest carrier said that a Global Wireless Solutions study checked out 400…
For many people, this is the season for shopping until you drop and eBay is trying to help you survive the shopping season with a new Apple iPhone app. The eBay iPhone program finally takes advantage of the fact that the online auction site purchased RedLaser a few months ago and it integrates the barcode-scanning…
Your Apple iPad is quickly becoming an excellent remote control and TiVo will soon have an app out which will let you control your Premiere DVR boxes. This isn’t the first or last remote control app we’ve seen, but the TiVo iPad app has some added visual flair which may make it stand out. As…
Even with some of the Black Friday deals out there, Amazon can sometimes still offer a lower price than brick-and-mortar stores. With the new Amazon Price Check iPhone app, the online retailing giant is trying to give shoppers more options for checking out prices on the go. The Amazon Price Check iPhone app is sort…
A nice piece of smartphone just passed through the FCC from HTC and it sports CDMA support and WiMax. Could this be the HTC Knight/EVO Shift 4G that we’ve seen before? The FCC details are very sparse, as it says that the device has support for CDMA, WiMax and is a “Smart phone.” That could…
A joint venture between Fox, NBC and 10 other major broadcasters is hoping to give mobile television a boost and the Mobile Content Venture has committed to two mobile DTV signals for multiple markets by the end of next year. Will this finally give mobile TV the boost it needs to go mainstream? The Mobile…
It looks like Verizon will be taking it to AT&T with the upcoming 4G LTE network, as the nation’s largest carrier will be sticking it to AT&T for not having a 4G network. According to some leaked promotional campaign material leaked to Engadget, Verizon will be bringing back its familiar map motif. “Verizon now has…
We’ve heard about the Palm Mansion before but the latest rumor suggests that this will be a touch-only device that sports a massive 5-inch display. There aren’t many details to go on, but the Palm Mansion should have that large screen with a 480 x 800 resolution and it is on track for the first…
Dish Network is making a big push for TV everywhere, as the television provider is teaming with Dish to bring live TV to Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and BlackBerry devices. We knew the company planned this and most of the apps are now live. The Apple iPad version will be getting live streaming television…
The next generation Samsung Galaxy Tab will rock the dual-core Orion processor, according to a new report. This isn’t much of a surprise, as we expect Samsung to put this thing in next-generation phones like the Nexus S, so it would make a lot of sense for the company’s next tablet to sport this chip.…